October 2009
Hi hope this is the right section first of all my cars a fiesta flight 1.3l enduru-e engine.
The problem i am having with the car is that it will idle fine and if the acceleration from idle is smooth it will accelerate smoothly. The problem starts when you accelerate to briskly it misfires on one of the cylinders. This also happens in the top end of the power range for example going from 50-60mph in 5th gear it causes alot of juddering as you can feel it misfire. The engine has also lost alot of its power for example theres a steep hill near to where i live and normally it will just about do it in 3rd gear but last night i had to go up it in first so something is not right there. It also has less torque over the whole power band from when i bought it. I bought in January with 49000 miles and its now done 64500 miles so its done a few miles in quite a short time but its been serviced properly .
Also I have replaced the usual suspects such as spark plugs, HT leads, Fuel Filter, Air Filter and they have all made slight improvements but overall the engine juddering which i presume is a misfire is still there. You can hear the engine tappets rattling but i have been advised that they wouldn't be the cause of the engine juddering/misfire and the problem lies elsewhere. Another anomaly is that I had a diagnostics run on it and on the two separate machines that where used said there where no error codes but the engine management light is on. The engine management light has been on for the last 3000 miles with apparent ill affect until this juddering started about 1000 miles ago.
If there's any common problems that happen to theses cars at this age/mileage it would be good to know but any help or advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for your help in advance Jack
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I've just picked up a 3 year old used car from a main dealership. It was advertised with only 13.5k on the clock.
A few days after viewing it I agreed over the phone to go ahead with the purchase, and was sent an invoice by the dealership to sign and return. The invoice clearly states that the mileage of the car that they are selling to me is 13.5k miles.
After I picked up the car and was driving home, I noticed that it actually had done 22k.
Do I have any rights in this situation? Basically I think I have been deceived, and am not happy. I did take the car for a test drive, however I didn't inspect the mileage at the time. I haven't spoken to the dealer yet - I want to know where I stand first.
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Push for cash. The attitude "it's numbers, everyone makes mistakes with numbers, I don't like maffs" seems to apply to everything nowadays and it's not acceptable.
How would you feel if the pilot of your aeroplane came on the PA and announced that they'd only taken on 13 tonnes of fuel instead of 22, but it's a simple mistake that they've made lots of times before because there are plenty of planes out on the apron and they're nearly all white?
Making a mistake once is completely acceptable - making it repeatedly screams incompetence. Why didn't the OP check the mileage? Dunno. Not her fault. Lots of exciting things happening during a test drive. Maybe the dealer was pushing her for time, in an unfamiliar car in an unknown area. Doesn't excuse the mistake on their part. How hard is it to wander out to the forecourt and doublecheck the reg and mileage before posting the ad?
I have a 2003 clk coupe and the nr side door mirror indicator lense has cracked.
I have bought a replacement from my local dealer who told me its easy to for you just pop the mirror out and its held in by a couple of retaing screws,
I have had a look but cant see how to "pop" the mirror out / get acess to change the lense. ???
Any help really appreciated especially if given in idiot fool proof mode.
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Copied from MB Club UK:
1. Fold the mirror in.
2. Use a torch to locate the retaining clip that holds the outer case.
3. lever the clip over while pulling the casing off
4. Unscrew the indicator lens from the housing.
How long does it take for a good (?) battery to go flat - I didn't use my 06 Nissan X Trail (3+ years old) for just under a month, and while the battery wasn't quite flat it wouldn't turn the engine over - nothing left on - is this normal - or do I have a problem? Read more
If the battery is three years old (possibily coming up to four years since it was made and first fitted) then it will almost certainly be past its best but still perfectly servicable. If you are leaving the vehicle standing for almost a month at a time then I am not surprised it is struggling to hold enough charge to start the vehicle.
You have two choices - the first and most obvious is to use or start the vehicle more frequently, possibly every couple of weeks at the least and let it run for at least 10 minutes. The second is to buy a new battery of the biggest capacity that you can get and stick that on and risk that from month to month.
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- I was trying to download Sun's Virtualbox, but the download never completed ie. went to 100% but didn't finish doing whatever it does to make a download usable. This was using assorted browsers in Windows.
In the end I downloaded/installed Wubi/Ubuntu linux and downloaded virtualbox without any problem (using Firefox), copied it into the Windows file system, then uninstalled Wubi/Ubunutu.
Anyway, there's a new version of Virtualbox, so rather than install another OS again just to download a file, I tried using Getright, the download manager. The file still appears to download ok until the end, when it throws up an error message:
"The server returned an error response 400 = Bad Request".
If you google this you find comments such as "It almost always means bad programming of the client system and/or the Web server". As the download fails in all browsers in Windows, but there's no problem using the same browser in Linux, it would appear to imply a Windows problem. But other files download ok (eg. the 90Mb of the latest nVidia graphics drivers earlier this morning).
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"Still not sure how to get the acents though"
Is it similar to Spanish boards? You type the accent key, followed by the letter - no shift key involved
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Just for one, nobody in the backroom has any advice or a view - even if it is on trying to make two cats nicer to each other.
For those who suggest there are more kittens, you obviously missed my "and had them spayed" in my OP.
Recently got a 1.4 TSI SE. Have noticed a rather annoying booming/reverberating/droning noise from the rear when travelling at anything over about 40 mph. Not sure what it is exactly, Sounds are always difficult to describe. Had a saloon car before and wondered if hatchbacks are just noisier. Even so the noise is noticeable and could be irritating on a long journey.
Layed a thick blanket in the boot but no noticeable difference when testing on a drive.
Sound is slightly similar to having a roofrack rail. It's not engine as dropping the clutch the noise is still there.
Called the garage and they said it could be the bearings! Could they fail so soon? Only done 150 miles!
Just wondering if anyone else has noticed a booming noise.
Shame as the car is very well built and quiet otherwise.Hope this isn't going to be the minus point of the car.
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As a test, change the tyre pressures - either pump them right up to the max load, or down to 20psi (for a short time, short distance in the dry if poss) as that may change the noise and help pinpoint.
Had engine management light come on did code read came up as p0420,=faulty cat,faulty lamda sensor or faulty wiring,local exhaust co removed exhaust found half the cat missing(internally)nissan want£800 for front cat,got aftermarket for£350 fitted with a mate(mechanic)engine light reset ,came on again,replaced lamda sensor can only get gen nissan£198 fitted another reset,light came on again,same code,had emmissions test done exactly same readings as last two mot"s,had test on lamda sensors on oscilliscope both switching fine,more cost,tried four garages,no one seems to want to know now as its no longer just a bolt on,even my local auto electrics co say they cant help,spent a fortune car now only worth about £2500 max trade in ,HELP ANYONE? Read more
I am not proposing to offer any excuses, other than to say I should have been paying more attention.
I was recently flashed doing 37 in a 30 area. After some correspondence, I have been offered a speed awareness course in either Brighton, Eastbourne, Bognor or Horsham.
I am inclined to accept the Horsham location, however the don't do automatic cars there. So this would mean driving a manual gearbox car - something I haven't done much of for about 15 years - apart from driving my Minor.
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I did one this year in East Sussex. I learnt quite a lot too and also enjoyed it. There was a fair bit of driving involved. It included negotiating what, in my opinion, is the most dangerous crossroads in the area, which rather surprised me. An expensive day out, though ? I don?t intend to be flashed again. I?ve decided it?s just simpler to stay within the limit all the time. What?s the rush?
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To what clearance did you gap the spark plugs?
I have heard that Idle Control Valves are a common fault on this engine however the usual sympton is high reving on tick over as opposed to juddering.
Have you had the coil pack checked?
Anybody know whether these angines have EGR valves?